Barbara was last seen in the morning at her residence in the vicinity of the 5100 block of Tamarack Street in Silver Springs, NV. Barbara's husband, told her family that his wife had grown increasingly reclusive and depressed since the death of her father. He said that she packed two suitcases and said that she was going to the coast to stay with friends in order to get her mind straight. The husband maintains that his wife left him in a fit of anger after the entirety of her father's inheritance was bequeathed to her brother. Bob Hoover has said that he spoke to his allegedly estranged wife on the phone and met with her at a Jackson coffee shop in early 2004 although he hasn't provided authorities with any